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1. Allow to see and edit colors in a selection, just like with Selection Colors in Figma

   Figma displays a full list of colors used in a selected art in its right sidebar: https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042553434-View-and-adjust-colors-in-a-mixed-selection
   It allows quickly evaluate the selection, edit colors right there, even swap — without the need of using bulky Recolor. Illustrator can't offer the same quick tool, neither in Color panel nor with the Properties.
   Please make this possible in Ai, and make it better.

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2. Edit a Brush like a Symbol, on canvas

   To edit a brush stroke, we have to do the following:
   1. Edit the panel
   2. Grad the brush and drag it onto the canvas
   3. Edit
   4. Alt+drag it over the original brush
   5. Think about applying changes to existing art if the brush is already used

   Meanwhile, editing a symbol looks like this:
   1. Double-click a symbol
   2. Pass the warning (or disable it once)
   3. Edit a symbol
   4. Double-click on the canvas or hit Escape to finish

   Looks like almost the same length... but clicking is faster than dragging and aiming. Why no use the same approach for brushes?
   Double-click the brush stroke in the panel, get a Brush Option dialog that is not modal and allows to work with the canvas below, give a brush stroke in the isolation mode, finish on clicking OK/Cancel or Back, with Save confirmation.

   To edit a brush stroke, we have to do the following:
   1. Edit the panel
   2. Grad the brush and drag it onto the canvas
   3. Edit
   4. Alt+drag it over the original brush
   5. Think about applying changes to existing art if the brush is already used

   Meanwhile, editing a symbol looks like this:
   1. Double-click a symbol
   2. Pass the warning (or disable it once)
   3. Edit a symbol
   4. Double-click on the canvas or hit Escape to finish

   Looks like almost the same length... but clicking is faster than dragging and aiming. Why no use the same… more

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3. Consider a document as 'unsaved' (dirty) when a linked image gets updated

   Illustrator think that updating a link is not an operation.
   This leads to problems with documents that use PDF-compatibility option.

   Imagine you have an already saved document that have some linked images in it. You open it in Ai and then Edit a linked image in Photoshop. Make some changes in the image, save them in Ps, go to Ai and agree to update the link...

   But Ai still considers the document as non-'dirty', as if no changes were made.

   You can’t save the document and re-write the PDF content, to see these changes appear, say, in the InD document, where this Ai-documnet is placed in another document. You can only re-Save-As is, which is a not convenient operation. And if you close it — Ai does NOT offer you to save! And you have a document that you though HAVE an updated image in PDF-layer, while in fact it does NOT.

   InDesign treats this right in same circumstances.

   Again, if you had an .ai document that uses a link, that has been updated before you open this .ai document — Ai will tell you nothing about the change, and you have a file that has two version of image — one in Ai layer, and one in PDF one.

   Very error prone.

   Illustrator think that updating a link is not an operation.
   This leads to problems with documents that use PDF-compatibility option.

   Imagine you have an already saved document that have some linked images in it. You open it in Ai and then Edit a linked image in Photoshop. Make some changes in the image, save them in Ps, go to Ai and agree to update the link...

   But Ai still considers the document as non-'dirty', as if no changes were made.

   You can’t save the document and re-write the PDF content, to see these changes appear, say, in the InD document,… more

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4. Spring Loaded tools

   Over in Photoshop, it's possible to hold the single-letter shortcut for activating a tool, and to then release the key to return to your previously-used tool.

   In many ways, this is not useful in Illustrator, but in several, it's invaluable. The Zoom tool, in particular--I'd like to be able to hold Z, adjust the zoom, and release Z to be back on the selection tool (or whatever i was previously using).

   The Hand tool already works this way: Take out a tool like Selection (v), and then hold spacebar to get the Hand tool. Drag the canvas around, then release Space to return to using the selection tool.

   This "spring loaded" behavior is great in the hand tool and could be similarly useful in the following tools, where a quick "adjustment" with the mouse would naturally be made while the tool key is held.
   Zoom
   Eyedropper
   Paintbrush/Pencil
   Eraser
   Shape Builder
   Direct Selection

   Additionally, these functions would benefit, but are not single-key shortcuts by default:
   Width tool
   Rotate, Scale, Shear
   Blob Bush
   Bloat, Pucker, Warp, Twirl, Scallop, Crystalize, Wrinkle

   There may, of course, be others, but these are the main ones I can think of that do not rely on a modal settings box or panel to do their work, and which primarily involve visual adjustments by clicking and dragging with the mouse and without (usually) needing modifier keys. As such, each would benefit greatly from being "spring loaded."

   (Symbol Sprayer and its variants might also benefit, but generally require modifier keys)

   Over in Photoshop, it's possible to hold the single-letter shortcut for activating a tool, and to then release the key to return to your previously-used tool.

   In many ways, this is not useful in Illustrator, but in several, it's invaluable. The Zoom tool, in particular--I'd like to be able to hold Z, adjust the zoom, and release Z to be back on the selection tool (or whatever i was previously using).

   The Hand tool already works this way: Take out a tool like Selection (v), and then hold spacebar to get the Hand tool. Drag the canvas around, then release… more

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5. New artboard adjustable spacing

   When the New Artboard button in Control panel is clicked, an artboard is created next to the current one. The spacing between these is not tweakable (unless you choose to create more than 1 artboard, to get the field with the spacing active, tweak it, and then change the number to 1 again).

   I work in metric units, on 10×10 millimeters grid. The space between artboards’ edges is 7.056mm. Yeah, I know, it’s 20 points, sure, but why should I care about points when units are millimeters? Why can’t I use a value that makes sense to me?

   Furthermore, it is dangerously close to 7 and looks like an integer until you check it.

   Please, allow to set a spacing manually in Artboard Options or elsewhere — and KEEP the value, per document, per document profile, per workspace, per settings set, any reliable way. You have a lot of work to do with default values...

   When the New Artboard button in Control panel is clicked, an artboard is created next to the current one. The spacing between these is not tweakable (unless you choose to create more than 1 artboard, to get the field with the spacing active, tweak it, and then change the number to 1 again).

   I work in metric units, on 10×10 millimeters grid. The space between artboards’ edges is 7.056mm. Yeah, I know, it’s 20 points, sure, but why should I care about points when units are millimeters? Why can’t I use a value that makes sense to me?

   Furthermore, it… more

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6. Touch Type improvements

   Touch Type is a nice tool that is still unfinished.
   - Can’t select several glyphs at once (not by Shift+clicking, not with a marquee)
   - Can’t constrain rotations to 45° by holding Shift
   - Can’t constrain movements to axes by holding Shift
   - Can’t select a glyph when it’s even partially obscured by another one next to it
   - Can’t reset selection to original states via on-screen controls
   - Snap to Glyphs obviously doesn’t work with it (imagine if it would have)
   - There is no way to apply changes to one glyph without shifting all glyphs to the right (relative/absolute mode) — previously reported at https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657-illustrator-desktop-feature-requests/suggestions/34552057-make-the-touch-type-tool-work-both-sides

   Touch Type is a nice tool that is still unfinished.
   - Can’t select several glyphs at once (not by Shift+clicking, not with a marquee)
   - Can’t constrain rotations to 45° by holding Shift
   - Can’t constrain movements to axes by holding Shift
   - Can’t select a glyph when it’s even partially obscured by another one next to it
   - Can’t reset selection to original states via on-screen controls
   - Snap to Glyphs obviously doesn’t work with it (imagine if it would have)
   - There is no way to apply changes to one glyph without shifting all glyphs to the right… more

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7. Improve Shape Builder by adapting the Corel’s Smart Fill functionality (Paint Bucket)

   Whoever came up with the idea of the Shape Builder, they did utilize not that popular Live Paint in a great way. Make it even better!
   Steal and add to Ai the Smart Fill from Corel Draw (see the GIF attached). You don’t have to create a live paint, you just click over the intersection, just like Shape Builder does, and you have your new shape over the original paths. Steal it and make it better — CorelDraw doesn’t understand click and drag here, and it’s less comfortable to set a color (while Ai won’t have any problem here). Like now Shape Builder does nothing when the art is not selected — make it do this instead of nothing.

   Whoever came up with the idea of the Shape Builder, they did utilize not that popular Live Paint in a great way. Make it even better!
   Steal and add to Ai the Smart Fill from Corel Draw (see the GIF attached). You don’t have to create a live paint, you just click over the intersection, just like Shape Builder does, and you have your new shape over the original paths. Steal it and make it better — CorelDraw doesn’t understand click and drag here, and it’s less comfortable to set a color (while Ai won’t have any problem here). Like… more

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8. Escape key should deselect any selected object

   This would be extremely useful when you are zoomed in and a lot of objects are filled in your screen and there's no empty space around to click if you ever wanna deselect an object. Please map the escape key so that it deselects any selected object.

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9. Make live hint with color values for the Eyedropper tool

   Right now clicking with Eyedropper results in a blind result: until it's clicked, there is no way to predict what will be picked exactly. Why not to show properties to be picked in floating thingy next to the cursor? PS does it great in separate panel, why AI can't steal that?

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10. Command Palette / Panel / Bar

    Sublime & Visual Code are text editors that are used to develop applications. One of the favorite functions is "Command Palette" which is activated with the Ctrl + Shift + P keys. This shows a text field at the top, from which almost any program command is invoked, as well as opening files and many other functions. One of the features is that it is not necessary to write the entire command, you can use only the first letters of two words and the results are listed. Visual Code is open source and you can surely study that functionality in your github account

    https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-tips-and-tricks#command-palette

    Imagine this functionality in each of the Adobe CC programs :D

    Sublime & Visual Code are text editors that are used to develop applications. One of the favorite functions is "Command Palette" which is activated with the Ctrl + Shift + P keys. This shows a text field at the top, from which almost any program command is invoked, as well as opening files and many other functions. One of the features is that it is not necessary to write the entire command, you can use only the first letters of two words and the results are listed. Visual Code is open source and you can surely study that functionality in… more

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11. Allow transitions between freeform gradients control points to be linear

    Originally named 'Freeform gradient shows RGB values when you work in CMYK space' and based on this message:
    https://twitter.com/Vonster/status/1056247934855991298?s=19

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12. Stop nag windows

    Provide the option to stop nag windows appearing - offering to take a tour of Illustrator, or to use the new tools instead of the old ones. I already use most of the new tools, but I would like to occasionally use some of the old ones without being reminded that other options exist. Especially after the 200th time...

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13. Export for screens should exclude template layers

    When exporting for screens, any layers which are set as template or non-printing should be excluded from the output without having to first turn off that layer.

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14. Show reference point locator in Scale/Rotate/Shear/Reflect tool dialogue

    I wonder, why 'Transform each' has one, while normal transform tools haven't. This would be so useful!

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15. USE of .CXF FILES within adobe cc

    As >cxf files will soon be the future of colour communication why do x-rite and adobe not integrate .cxf files with each other. The idea of a .cxf file is to help stabilise colour across various substrates, regardless of background hue, it allows the use of a spectrophotometer to read the colour and match it against a dE tolerance to make sure the colour is within specified range.
    Hence pantone live was born as every pantone book differs in colour, however a .cxf file never changes.

    So pantone want you to use pantone live, which is fine until the colour you want is not in a pantone book, from a print perspective thats ok with me. We simply measure the colour generate a .cxf file and do a drawdown on the substrate and get it within tolerance.

    But the problem arises when the designer is given the .cxf file, which he cant use because its not compatible, he then has to alloocate a spot colour from pantone and instruct the printer doing the job to replace the pantone colour with the .cxf file which leaves the whole loop very vulnerable.

    Now adobe get your act together after all you are supposed to be the market leaders in graphic art.

    And x-rite stop ******* about and allow a .cxf file to be re saves as a .ase file so we can all start talking to each other !!!!!!
    gerry

    As >cxf files will soon be the future of colour communication why do x-rite and adobe not integrate .cxf files with each other. The idea of a .cxf file is to help stabilise colour across various substrates, regardless of background hue, it allows the use of a spectrophotometer to read the colour and match it against a dE tolerance to make sure the colour is within specified range.
    Hence pantone live was born as every pantone book differs in colour, however a .cxf file never changes.

    So pantone want you to use pantone live, which is fine until the colour… more

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16. Reveal in Finder / Explorer option for document tabs

    Reveal in Finder Option - Currently reveal in finder you "command + click" file name at top of window, however this option is not availble when window is tied to the application frame.

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17. Option to turn Overprint Preview on as the default preview in Preferences

    I'm doing a lot of package design for flexo printing, always struggling with overprint preview accidentally turned off. This is also a massive issue in conventional offset printing, especially with white accidentally set to overprint (e.g. when changing colors of many objects from black to white at once, or similar situations). This option would be a huge relief.

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18. Enable Gradient Annotator on strokes

    When we are in Full screen and Want to edit Gradient on the Stroke It would be Great to be able to Enable the Annotator on to Change/Edit or move the stroke Gradient colors

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19. Improve Trim Mark Settings When Exporting PDFs

    Posted using Illustrator 2025 (29.4)

    In the Japanese printing industry, it is common practice to require both corner crop marks and center crop marks when exporting PDFs.

    Currently, in Illustrator’s PDF export settings, enabling the “Trim Marks” option only adds corner marks. To include center crop marks, users must also check the “Registration Marks” option, which results in registration marks being added as well.

    However, these registration marks are generally disliked and considered unnecessary in Japanese print workflows. There needs to be an option to add only corner and center crop marks without registration marks.

    InDesign allows users to configure “inner crop marks,” “outer crop marks,” and “center crop marks” individually, offering much greater flexibility. We strongly request that Illustrator provide similar options for more precise control over crop marks when exporting PDFs.

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    PDF書き出し時のトンボ設定を改善してほしい

    投稿時のバージョン：Illustrator 2025 (29.4)

    日本の印刷現場では、PDF書き出し時に「角トンボ」と「センタートンボ」の両方が必要とされることが一般的です。

    しかし、現在のIllustratorのPDF書き出し設定では、「トンボ」にチェックを入れると角トンボのみが追加されます。センタートンボを付けるためには「レジストレーションマーク」にチェックを入れる必要があり、レジストレーションマークも同時に追加されてしまいます。

    日本ではこのレジストレーションマークが好まれないため、実務では使いにくいのが現状です。角トンボとセンタートンボのみを、レジストレーションマークなしで追加できる設定が必要です。

    InDesignでは「内トンボ」「外トンボ」「センタートンボ」を個別に設定できるため、Illustratorにも同様の柔軟な設定が導入されることを強く希望します。

    Posted using Illustrator 2025 (29.4)

    In the Japanese printing industry, it is common practice to require both corner crop marks and center crop marks when exporting PDFs.

    Currently, in Illustrator’s PDF export settings, enabling the “Trim Marks” option only adds corner marks. To include center crop marks, users must also check the “Registration Marks” option, which results in registration marks being added as well.

    However, these registration marks are generally disliked and considered unnecessary in Japanese print workflows. There needs to be an option to add only corner and center crop marks without registration marks.

    InDesign allows users to… more

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20. Center Pattern Command

    Draw a vector shape and fill with a pattern, notice this is not centered. To do this is a long meticulous process prone to error.

    https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2390290.

    Can we get an option in the Align panel to do this?

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